All Seasonal articles – Page 4
-
News
product news: Urban Eat unveils Christmas line-up
Urban Eat has launched its Christmas line-up. New to the range is the vegan Veggie Feast sandwich, comprising sweet potato falafel with beetroot, carrot and cranberry slaw, vegan cranberry mayonnaise and salad leaves on malted bread. For meat-eaters there is the new Turkey Bacon and Stuffing Sourdough Toastie, which has ...
-
News
Why KP Nuts are a must-stock this Christmas
As the number one-branded nut, KP Nuts are a Christmas-time staple, whether for festive get-togethers or a cosy night in. The brand is now worth £58.5m six times more than its nearest competitor (Nielsen). "We know that KP Nuts drive shoppers into the category ahead of the big day, with ...
-
News
Maryland becomes Merryland for Christmas
This Christmas Maryland is being transformed into Merryland, with the introduction of a share box of Merryland Minis for home consumption, gifting or as a stocking filler. The brand has benefited from a £1.5m-plus marketing programme, spearheaded by TV advertising. Maryland Minis are growing at 11% and are the number-one ...
-
News
product news: Premier Foods introduces festive cakes
Premier Foods is extending its Mr Kipling and Cadbury Cakes ranges ahead of the festive season, with new products joining the ranges. The addtions includes seasonal products that aim to appeal to shoppers at a time when they’re looking to treat themselves, family and friends. For Cadbury Cakes, two new ...
-
News
product news: Coca-Cola begins Christmas activity
Coca-Cola European Partners is kicking off the Christmas countdown with a new festive flavour for Coca-Cola zero sugar and an on-pack promotion across the Coca-Cola portfolio, offering consumers the chance to win tickets to Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball in December. In Mid-October, a Cinnamon Limited Edition variant will be joining ...
-
News
Top-notch tipples
Christmas is crucial to the beers, wines and spirits (BWS) category and the week leading up to December 25 is the most important time, when 38% of December alcohol sales occur (Nielsen data). Faith Holland, head of category development at Diageo GB, says premiumisation is a key trend, with 69% ...
-
News
Santa’s sales winners
Whether it’s a tub of your favourite twistwraps, an extra large Toblerone or a Chocolate Orange, Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without chocolate. No wonder then that it’s the most important time of the year for chocolate sales. Yes, the grocery multiples start piling up their £5 tubs of ...
-
News
Chance to win thousands of cash prizes with Trebor Win Small
Trebor is offering thousands of consumers the chance to win over 10,000 cash prizes, with its latest promotion, Trebor Win Small.The promotion aims to drive excitement and sales by offering thousands of consumers a chance to win one of tens of thousands of cash prizes, ranging from £5 to £50. ...
-
News
product news: Pladis introduces Halloween cakes
Pladis has launched a range of Halloween-themed cakes to celebrate the occasion. The range comprises McVitie’s Jaffa Freaky cake bars, McVitie’s Jaffa Lemon and Slime cake bars, McVitie’s Digestives Beastly Bakes and McVitie’s Hobnobs Terrifying Toffee Apple Flapjacks. The range is available now and the four-packs are aimed at an ...
-
News
Monster Halloween muffin joins Otis range
The latest addition to Aryzta’s Otis thaw and serve range is a Halloween muffin. The chocolate-flavoured treat is topped off with vanilla cream and a fun pumpkin-shaped decoration. It comes in a colourful Halloween-themed case. Rrp is £1. 020 8917 9600 www.aryztafoodsolutions.co.uk
-
News
Getting Fright Night right
The growing popularity of Halloween provides many exciting opportunities for the retail sector. That’s the verdict of research company Kids Insights’ latest survey of more than 5,000 youngsters. The survey found that 70% of children are planning to celebrate Halloween this year, a figure which jumps to 89% among four ...
-
News
product news: Aryzta Food Solutions introduces Otis Halloween Muffin
In-store bakery specialist Aryzta Food Solutions has introduced the new Otis Halloween Muffin. It features a chocolate muffin with vanilla cream, topped with a pumpkin-shaped decoration, all wrapped in a colourful Halloween-themed case. The product is supplied frozen for thaw and serve, in case sizes of 30. It has an ...
-
News
Product news: Burton’s Biscuits introduces Christmas theme
Burton’s Biscuit Company will be bringing seasonal cheer to the biscuit fixture this Christmas, with the introduction of seasonal pack formats for its Maryland Cookies and Cathedral City Baked Bites products. Maryland is being transformed into Merryland, with the introduction of a share box of Maryland Minis for home consumption, ...
-
News
Product news: Nestlé Confectionery launches Xmas additions
This year Nestlé Confectionery has given its Christmas range more of a festive feel, with new seasonal designs aimed at making the products extra special for consumers. The white chocolate Milkybar Polar Bear will be joined by three new Christmassy character designs – a snowman, a seal and a snowy ...
-
News
product news: Tangerine Confectionery unveils Halloween line-up
Tangerine Confectionery has unveiled its line-up of Halloween confectionery. It is launching the 450g branded Barratt Halloween Bucket, which contains a mix of products including Refresher Rolls, Dip Dabs, Mini Wham Bars, Mini Fruit Salad Bars, and individual 30g bags of Dolly Mix, Cola Bottles, and Shrimps and Bananas. The ...
-
News
Top side sales
While the type of products available via pump-top promotions can be bought online from Amazon and eBay, and in stores such as B&M, it’s the impulse nature of these purchases that still drives sales in forecourts. "People don’t visit a forecourt store expecting to buy a gardening tool," explains Karanbir ...
-
News
product news: Mondelez unveils Halloween innovation
Mondelēz has unveiled new products for the Halloween season which it says will be suit both the self-treat and trick or treat occasion. New Cadbury Goo Heads will be available in creepy skeleton, pumpkin, Frankenstein, Dracula or were-wolf variants. Each head is filled with gooey white fondant encased in a ...
-
News
Your dash for cash
Most communities in the UK have Facebook pages nowadays. Trawl through yours and you can bet there will be people complaining about potholes, roadworks and traffic. Responses to these complaints invariably advise people to ’get a dashcam’ so they can protect themselves (and their insurance premiums). And police in Wales ...
-
News
Net some extra profits
This summer is a World Cup year in football which means a once-in-every-four-years opportunity for forecourts to enjoy a sales uplift from customers stocking up on essentials for a night in front of the TV watching the football. While Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all fell short in qualification, it’s ...
-
News
product news: Haribo revamps Easter range
Haribo’s Easter Range has been given a new look and a new treat. New for 2018 is Haribo Bunny ‘n’ Friends, a gift that contains cute bunny, sheep and chick shaped sweets all wrapped up in a bunnyshaped box. This latest addition to Haribo’s Easter gifting follows the success of ...